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AlexanderDhoore on Oct 10, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Modernising RISC OS in 2020: is there hope for the...

That's the difference between an MMU and MPU.

The first (MMU) adds virtual memory to the story, while the second (MPU) simply protects certain areas of memory.

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/whats-difference-between-mmu-a...

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